[WSIS CS-Plenary] World Bank draft report on digital divide online

[Ralf Bendrath]

The report was released as a draft yesterday and is available at
<http://info.worldbank.org/ict/<. Probably a reaction to the reuters 
story, otherwise they would not release a draft, would they?

Interesting paragraph from the press release:

"But even with greater private involvement, gaps will remain. “Two 
competing assumptions regarding the buildout of information and 
communications infrastructure (ICI) in developing countries are that ‘the 
private sector alone is enough’ and ‘the government must take the lead 
role.’ In fact, both have crucial roles to play,” states Mohsen Khalil, 
Director of the World Bank Group’s Global ICT Department, in the preface 
to the report."

Ralf